Serious A1073 crash in South Holland on 28 November 2002 at 09:50 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series, a Vauxhall Cavalier and a Rover 100 Series were involved in a crash on the A1073 in South Holland at 09:50 on Thursday 28 November 2002. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Nov 2002
- Thursday, 09:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Rover 200 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67045, longitude -0.16229, in the PE6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crowland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas, South Holland, PE6 0BE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Holland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200232B183202
- Council area
- South Holland
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1073
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1040
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 27 August 2003.
Fatal
Ford Escort crash on the A1073 in South Holland, 27 August 2003
At the same spotRef 200332B143803
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1073 in South Holland, 15 July 2008
10 m awayRef 200832B196708
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A1073 in South Holland, 17 October 2012
14 m awayRef 201232B294412
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A16 in South Holland, 13 August 2022
22 m awayRef 2022320470340
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A16 in South Holland, 10 July 2016
23 m awayRef 2016320187694
Slight
Ford Ecosport crash on the B1040 in South Holland, 11 October 2025
23 m awayRef 2025320599130
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Rover 100 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,120 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 200232B183202 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Holland road accident statistics for 2002.